'He struck a match, and held the paper to the flames... He said it would take more than a quarter of a century to return to any substantive negotiation, provided the Chinese refrained from another......

Kissinger asks Zhou Enlai, 'What do you think is the impact of the French Revolution?' Zhou, after a pregnant silence so beloved of statesmen,¬†says, 'It is too early to tell.' This comment about......

Ahead of the visit by Premier Wen Jiabao, senior Chinese Communist Party leader Zhou You Kang will be in India from Sunday on a two-day trip during which the bilateral relations will be discussed.......

China has built over 16,000 kms of high-speed train tracks connecting most of the major cities. Two Chinese trains running at world-record speeds in opposite directions on Friday crossed each other......

The contagion of panic about banks spread last week to Europe and even the US, where banks have deleveraged substantially since the great financial crisis in 2008, rues Rahul Jacob There may never......

China's Zhou Lulu sets a new World record in the women's over 75kg clean and jerk weightlifting competition at the Asian Games in Incheon. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters Chinese weightlifter Zhou......

Former champion Taufik Hidayat halted Danish youngster Jan O Jorgensen's giant-killing run 21-19, 21-19 to enter the semi-finals of the World Badminton Championships in Hyderabad on Friday.In the......

At Beijing's Yaxiu clothing market, policed off and on for counterfeit labels endemic in China, hawker Zhou Siwei would not dare to slap a phoney Nike swoosh on Manchester United jerseys.But would......